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Referee's report by Edgar Douglas Adrian, on a paper 'Outline of a physio-mathematical theory of the brain' by N Rashevsky

Reference number: RR/54/94

Date: 27 January 1934

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Sectional committee: Physiology

Not recommended for publication in Proceedings. It contains interesting speculations, but too many assumptions. No mention is made of experiments to test his theory. It seems of little value.

[Not published].

Endorsed on verso as received 31 January 1934.

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RR/54/94
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27 January 1934
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Edgar Douglas Adrian, Referee's report by Edgar Douglas Adrian, on a paper 'Outline of a physio-mathematical theory of the brain' by N Rashevsky, 27 January 1934, RR/54/94, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_54_94/referees-report-by-edgar-douglas-adrian-on-a-paper-outline-of-a-physio-mathematical-theory-of-the-brain-by-n-rashevsky, accessed on 14 October 2024

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